Arguably, manhwa's best selling point is its ability to appeal to a wide audience like any other form of entertainment. The ability to satisfy a wide audience means a wide range of project types from all possible tropes. However, this piece's particular focus is manhwa, which has main characters possessing evocative abilities.
In these manhwas, these leading characters are often capable of calling upon mythical and powerful allies during their life-threatening missions. In most cases, these characters can usually summon and control armies of large numbers, depending on how strong the character is while being powerful magical individuals themselves. So, for this piece, here are the best manhwa whose main characters fit the callout criteria.
8 Monster Pet Evolution
Anime-Planet Rating: 3.7/5
- Creator: Yuewen Manhua, Wine Pool Inebriation
- Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
- Number of chapters: 319 (Ongoing)
Monster Pet Evolution presents the aftermath of a world suddenly flooded by the appearance of mysterious monsters. Due to the large number of monsters, a new profession is created: taming, breeding and training the monsters. The series revolves around the protagonist Gao Peng, who also wants to become a monster trainer.
With a higher level of talent and knowledge of monsters, Gao Peng is determined to become the best monster trainer ever seen. But there's just one problem: he has to pass the qualifying exam first.
7 Necromancer in Seoul Station
Anime-Planet Rating: 4.0/5
- Creator: Jin Seolwoo, Ji Sung Woong
- Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
- Number of chapters: 149 (Ongoing)
Necromancer in Seoul Station focuses on the central character, Kang Woojin, who is suddenly transported to the planet Alpen after a mysterious event occurs on Earth. For over a thousand years, Kang Woojin spent all his time surviving and hunting other monsters on the Alpen. After the first thousand years, he had already become an extremely powerful necromancer and territory ruler.
But luckily, he also finds a way to return to Earth. Upon his return, Woojin quickly draws attention to himself due to the apparent power gap. Meanwhile, the enemies he created on Alp are on the verge of invading Earth, and Woojin is the only thing standing between humanity and its destruction.
6 Limitless Ascent
Anime-Planet Rating: 4.0/5
- Creator: Seonun, 2 Sarang
- Genre: Action, Fantasy
- Number of chapters: 102 (ongoing)
Limitless Ascent features a world disrupted by a sudden Dungeon Break that saw monsters spawn out of nowhere and nearly overrun humanity. The series revolves around the central character Seong-yun, a boy whose parents were also killed by monsters unleashed by the dungeon.
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Even after years of extreme experiences and efforts to hone, Seong-yun is more than frustrated by his inability to become a hunter who can haunt and destroy the monsters. In a life-or-death situation, Seong-yun accepts an invitation to join the Trials Tower. In this tower, Seong-yun embarks on a path to overcome the biggest obstacle of his life.
5 Solo Necromancy
Anime-Planet Rating: 4.0/5
- Creator: Jijeomjang, Kim Dong-Jun
- Genre: Adventure, Action, Fantasy, Supernatural
- Number of chapters: 149 (Ongoing)
Solo Necromancy tells an exciting story surrounded by the central character, Seongwu, a former special forces agent who returns to college after completing his national service. What is supposed to be normal college life turns into something out of a horror movie when he and all the other students are suddenly faced with a mysterious prompt that requires them to choose a class.
With no time to think and fear of the unknown that may come after, Seongwu chooses the necromancer class and becomes a necromancer who can summon and control the dead. Partly out of guilt and responsibility, Seongwu decides to use his new abilities to survive and grow strong enough to protect his allies.
4 Tame master
Anime-Planet Rating: 4.0/5
- Creator: Park Taeseok, Bingbinggo
- Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
- Number of chapters: 161 (ongoing)
The taming master the series takes place in the extremely harsh lands of the virtual reality world Kaillan. The main character of the story, Jinsung, appears to be an ordinary college student; at least, that is when he's not in Kaillan's world, where he's the famous level 93 Ian of the Archer class.
Unsurprisingly, when he suddenly decides to restore his character to default, everyone thinks he's gone mad. Even worse, he chooses the most useless class in all of Kaillan: the Summoner class. In a strange turn of events, Jinsung must now win a bet against his professor to raise his skill level to level 100 in the next two months as a summons or risk getting an F in college.
3 Second Life Ranker
Anime-Planet Rating: 4.3/5
- Creator: Sadoyeon, Nongong
- Genre: Adventure, Action, Fantasy
- Number of chapters: 183 (Ongoing)
Second Life Ranker describes the journey of revenge that its central character embarks on after learning of his twin brother's death. The series' protagonist, Yeon Woo, is devastated after discovering that his brother has died.
Still grieving his loss, Yeon Woo receives a mysterious pocket watch left to him by his brother and learns that his brother was betrayed and killed in the mysterious tower of the Sun God. Filled with rage and revenge, Yeon Woo enters the tower and searches for his brother's enemies with one goal: death.
2 Solo Leveling
Anime-Planet Rating: 4.7/5
- Creator: Chugong, Jang Sung-Rak, disciples
- Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
- Number of chapters: 200
Solo Leveling presents a story of strength and power like no other. The series takes in a world corrupted by the effects of the appearance of the mysterious “Gates” that brought magic and the realm of monsters. As a result of this strange phenomenon, humans also began to develop superhuman abilities to fight these monsters, ultimately creating the hunter profession.
The story revolves around the protagonist, Sung Jin-Woo, the world's weakest hunter and the infamous E-Rank. After becoming the sole survivor of an accidental raid, Jin-Woo gains the powers and assistance of a mysterious system. Jin-Woo can level up through the system, something most hunters cannot. Thus he begins his journey towards becoming the world's greatest hope.
1 The player who cannot level up
Anime-Planet Rating: 4.0/5
- Creator: GaVinGe, Park Jeongjae
- Genre: Action, Fantasy, Adventure, Mystery
- Number of chapters: 164 (Ongoing)
The player who cannot level up presents a story in a world where the supernatural and the magical exist side by side. The series follows the life of the main character, Kim Gigyu, who thought his life's struggle was over when he was invited to become a player who can climb the mysterious tower. His thoughts soon fade when he can't get past the first level, no matter how hard he tries.
He cannot level up and can only work as a guide on the lower floors of the tower. After five years of working as a guide, Kim Gigyu finally unlocks a mystical ability that allows him to link with sentient egos and level up. With the potential to unlock even better abilities, Kim Gigyu embarks on a journey to tilt the tower's balance of power.
